Showing results for: Climate Change (page 94)
It’s time we stop listening to economists on climate change
Jag Bhalla
Economic models of climate change are so riddled with flaws and fudge factors that we’d be better off without them
In the PBS doc “Storm Lake,” a tiny Iowa paper fights for the future of high-quality local news
Gary M. Kramer
Salon talks to the filmmakers about The Storm Lake Times' no-nonsense mission to cover all the news that's local
Climate summit ends: Leaders reach “meek,” “weak” deal that falls short of 1.5°C goal
Jessica Corbett
"Trade show for government and corporate schemes" wraps up with feeble agreement that "era of coal is ending"
Climate change is gonna tick you off: Bloodsucking pests slated for population boom
Matthew Rozsa
Many of the things that humans hate about climate change, ticks and mosquitoes love
Welcome to the last years of the American Century: It’s been an unmitigated disaster
Tom Engelhardt
America thrives on having an enemy. Following the 20-year war in Afghanistan, it needs to construct a new one
The Gilded Age Bone Wars have their echoes in today’s vaccine patent waiver fight
Logan W. Cole
The same ideology of nationalism and property that spurred a paleontology fight fuels the vaccine patent war today
After years of delays, Southern California’s new smog regulation promises to save lives
Adam Mahoney
The new regulation is expected to prevent nearly 400 premature deaths over the next 15 years
Take a deep breath: Putting current inflation in the proper perspective
Dean Baker
In the areas seeing the sharpest price increases, inflation is clearly due to factors associated with COVID-19
Americans are “ignorant” about lung health — at their own peril
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Lung health expert MeiLan Han explains why the lungs are an "incredible," under-appreciated organ
Report: Poor countries need 5 to 10 times more funding to adapt to climate risks they did not create
Emily Pontecorvo
Without it, there will be even worse "loss and damage" costs down the line
Over 84 million people forcibly displaced by climate emergency, insecurity and violence
Jessica Corbett
"The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace," said UN commissioner Filippo Grandi
Western boom cities see spike in harmful ozone
Jim Robbins
The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone was seen as a success story. Was the celebration too soon?
Meet Tom Suozzi, the Democrat who wants tax cuts for the rich jammed into Build Back Better
Igor Derysh
Centrist Rep. Tom Suozzi has spent weeks railing against the left, claims massive tax break is “very progressive"
New York Times message to progressives, in translation: Give up on challenging corporate power
Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
We translated the Times' baffling post-election editorial into English. Its message to Democrats didn't improve
“Drinking through a lead straw” — $15B approved to fix dangerous water pipes
Sandy West
While lead-contaminated water can affect all populations, low-income and minority communities are hit the hardest
Watercore, explained: The unwanted physiological disorder that actually makes apples taste sweeter
Joy Saha
Farmers try to stop their apples from developing watercore. But a few have realized that consumers will pay extra
For forest blazes grown wilder, an alternative: The “good fire”
Madeline Ostrander
Despite evidence supporting prescribed fires in the American West, policymakers are slow to put it into practice
Infinite economic growth caused the environmental crisis. Degrowth will help us fix it
Peter Sutoris
Though it might scare economists, the concept of degrowth may be the only thing that can save us now
Are Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema abusers or victims? Both at once
Chauncey DeVega
The two "centrists" are trapped in an abusive relationship with Republicans. But it's the rest of us who suffer
Climate change is coming for the supermarket
Matthew Rozsa
Temperature and climate shifts will cause the number of available food calories to fall by roughly 1% per year
What climate denial? Oil executives play dumb at major congressional hearing
Joseph Winters, Zoya Teirstein
Leaders from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP evaded Democrats’ questions about their history of climate denial
Book review: Steven Pinker on the power of the rational mind
Dan Falk
In “Rationality,” Pinker probes the virtues of rational thinking, and why it seems to be in short supply
As COP26 convenes in Glasgow, can a “climate action army” in the streets save the world?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
World leaders meet in Glasgow — but still aren't ready for real change. Activists will keep pushing them harder
Phil Murphy ekes out win in New Jersey gubernatorial race following surprise Republican challenge
Jon Skolnik
The Republican challenger was a staunch Trump supporter and has campaigned against critical race theory
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